Question - On December 31, 2017, Berclair Inc. had 440 million shares of common stock and 8 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2018, Berclair purchased 36 million shares of its common stock as treasury stock. Berclair issued a 5% common stock dividend on July 1, 2018. Six million treasury shares were sold on October 1. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $750 million.
Required: Compute Berclair's earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018.